XFML looks to be quite interesting - based on RDF, which has the potential to tie it to the Semantic Web. There's been some criticism however that 1) RDF is less rich than RSS, and that the Semantic Web is doomed to failute if it uses RDF, and 2) that topic maps don't use the full potential of RDF.
I dunno, gotta read more. I WILL play with this stuff in REBOL. K. -----Original Message----- From: Jason Cunliffe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: September 12, 2002 1:54 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [REBOL] Re: informal /View desktop survey Hi Kemp, Sorry about the delay in responding. Yes I like your version... I'll dive into dublin core. Meanwhile, have your heard about Peter Van Dijck's XFML? I'd like to get you opinion since you know about XFML, and how well you think it relates to REBOL metadata engineering XFML: [EXchangeable Facet Map Language ] http://xfml.org/ "XFML allows for easy creation of advanced, automatically generated navigation for your website. You can even automatically generate links to related topics on other websites. It also allows for merging of metadata between different websites. XFML is designed to be easy to understand, and easy to code for, yet powerful and flexible. XFML is an open, free format, like SOAP or RSS, and is based on the topicmaps standard." The tutorials are handy.. http://xfml.net/index.php?page=XfmlTutorials ./Jason > Another crack at it: > > REBOL [ > File: %index.r > Description: "Rebsite index with MetaData in block header" > Author: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: 2002-09-08 > Metadata: [ > %rebsites.net/dublincoreengine.r [ > title "some title" > creator "K. Watson" > subject "Rebsite, indexing" > description "Rebsite index with MetaData in block header" > publisher "K. Watson & Friends Inc." > contributor "J. Smith" > contributor "Hay Uthere" > date/created 2002-09-04 > date/modified 2002-09-08 > type "Software" > identifier http://wherethislives.com > language "en-US" > rights "K. Watson & Friends Inc." > ] > %anotherrebsite.org/generickeyvalueengine.r [ > 'somekey 5 > 'someotherkey "a text value" > 'anotherkey [ block values ] > 'andonemore 'key > ] > ] > ] -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the subject, without the quotes.
